Anthropic's 11 Knowledge Work Plugins for Claude Code Explained
Anthropic's 11 Knowledge Work Plugins for Claude Code Explained
Claude Code's plugin ecosystem has exploded. With over 9,000 plugins across ClaudePluginHub, Claude-Plugins.dev, and Anthropic's official marketplace, the challenge isn't finding plugins — it's knowing which ones are worth installing.
This guide covers Anthropic's 11 official knowledge work plugins — the ones that caused the "SaaSpocalypse" stock selloff when they launched. Built for Claude Cowork (Anthropic's agentic desktop app) and fully compatible with Claude Code, these plugins turn Claude from a general-purpose AI into a role-specific specialist. Each bundles domain expertise, slash commands, and MCP connectors into a plug-and-play package.
Productivity
Task management, workplace memory, and a visual dashboard. Claude learns your people, projects, and terminology so when you say "ask Todd to do the PSR for Oracle," it knows exactly who, what, and which deal. Uses a markdown-based task system (TASKS.md) with a two-tier memory architecture that persists context across sessions.
Key commands: /start, /update
Connectors: Slack, Notion, Asana, Linear, Jira, Monday, ClickUp, Microsoft 365
Sales
Full sales cycle support: prospect research, call prep, pipeline management, outreach drafting, and competitive intelligence. Works standalone with web search or supercharged with CRM connections.
Key commands: /call-summary, /forecast, /pipeline-review
Connectors: Slack, HubSpot, Close, Clay, ZoomInfo, Notion, Jira, Fireflies, Microsoft 365
Customer Support
Ticket triage with structured categorization (P1-P4), response drafting, escalation packaging, and knowledge base article generation from resolved issues.
Key commands: /triage, /research, /draft-response, /escalate, /kb-article
Connectors: Slack, Intercom, HubSpot, Guru, Jira, Notion, Microsoft 365
Product Management
Feature specs, roadmap planning, stakeholder updates, user research synthesis, competitive analysis, and metrics tracking. Supports RICE, MoSCoW, and multiple roadmap formats.
Key commands: /write-spec, /roadmap-update, /stakeholder-update, /synthesize-research, /competitive-brief, /metrics-review
Connectors: Slack, Linear, Asana, Monday, ClickUp, Jira, Notion, Figma, Amplitude, Pendo, Intercom, Fireflies
Marketing
Content creation, campaign planning, brand voice enforcement, competitive analysis, SEO audits, and performance reporting across all content formats.
Key commands: /draft-content, /campaign-plan, /brand-review, /seo-audit, /email-sequence, /competitive-brief, /performance-report
Connectors: Slack, Canva, Figma, HubSpot, Amplitude, Notion, Ahrefs, SimilarWeb, Klaviyo
Legal
Contract review against your organization's playbook, NDA triage (GREEN/YELLOW/RED classification), compliance workflows, and templated responses. Configurable risk tolerances and negotiation positions.
Key commands: /review-contract, /triage-nda, /vendor-check, /brief, /respond
Connectors: Slack, Box, Egnyte, Jira, Microsoft 365
Finance
Month-end close, journal entry preparation, account reconciliation, financial statements, variance analysis, and SOX audit testing.
Key commands: /journal-entry, /reconciliation, /income-statement, /variance-analysis, /sox-testing
Connectors: Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Slack, Microsoft 365
Data
SQL query writing, data exploration, visualization, interactive HTML dashboards, and pre-share validation. Works with any SQL dialect and any data warehouse.
Key commands: /analyze, /explore-data, /write-query, /create-viz, /build-dashboard, /validate
Connectors: Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Hex, Amplitude, Jira
Enterprise Search
One query across all your company's tools — email, chat, docs, wikis, CRMs, project trackers. Synthesizes results with source attribution.
Key commands: /search, /digest
Connectors: Slack, Notion, Guru, Jira, Asana, Microsoft 365
Bio-Research
Connects to 10+ preclinical research tools: PubMed, bioRxiv, ChEMBL, Open Targets, ClinicalTrials.gov, Benchling, BioRender, and more. Includes skills for single-cell RNA QC, scvi-tools deep learning, Nextflow bioinformatics pipelines, and scientific problem selection.
Cowork Plugin Management
A meta-plugin for creating and customizing new plugins for your organization's specific workflows.
Installing the Knowledge Work Plugins
Or install from claude.com/plugins in Claude Cowork.
How Plugins Actually Work (Architecture)
Whether official or community-built, all Claude Code plugins follow the same structure:
plugin-name/
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json # Manifest
├── .mcp.json # Tool connections (MCP servers)
├── commands/ # Slash commands you invoke explicitly
└── skills/ # Domain knowledge Claude uses automatically
A plugin can contain any combination of:
- Skills — Markdown files encoding domain expertise. Claude activates them automatically when relevant.
- Commands — Explicit slash commands (e.g.,
/sales:call-prep). - Subagents — Specialized AI agents for specific tasks (e.g., security auditor, frontend developer).
- MCP Servers — Connections to external services via the Model Context Protocol.
- Hooks — Automation that triggers on events (e.g., scanning file edits for security issues).
Everything is file-based — markdown and JSON. No code compilation, no infrastructure, no build steps. If you can write a README, you can build a plugin.
The Bigger Picture
The most significant thing about Anthropic's knowledge work plugins isn't the plugins themselves — it's the architecture. Skills as composable markdown. Connectors via MCP. Everything file-based and forkable. This is the pattern that makes AI tools genuinely customizable for how your team actually works, not how a product manager imagined you might work.
These 11 plugins cover the major business functions, but they're designed to be extended. Fork a plugin, add your company's specific workflows, connect your internal tools via MCP, and you have a custom AI specialist that understands your domain.
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- AuthorProtomota
- Published OnFebruary 5, 2026